Michel Platini, UEFAchief, has called in experts to provide advice on the best possible way to stop super clubs from spending millions. The likes of Real Madrid and Manchester City have been spending huge sums of money in recent times on buying players.
Platini wants the situation to be curbed so it will [...]
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Champions League, Chelsea, Manchester City, Michel Platini, Real Madrid, UEFA
Eduardo has had his ban for diving over turned by UEFA in a bizarre move. Eduardo was given a two-match suspension after the Champions League play-off match against Celtic only a couple of weeks ago.
Many people praised the move after television replays quite clearly showed that the Celtic goalkeeper had made minimal conflict with the [...]
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Arsenal, Celtic, Champions League, Eduardo, tandard Liège, UEFA
Yossi Benayoun says he has already accepted that he probably won’t play in the UEFA Champions League opening group match for Liverpool later this week. This is despite the fact he hit a hat trick at the weekend to give Rafael Benitez further options ahead of the start of Liverpool’s European campaign for this season.
Classically, [...]
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Liverpool, Premier League, Rafael Benitez, UEFA Champions League, Yossi Benayoun
Barcelona won their third European Cup last night after they beat Manchester United 2-0 in Rome. It was a thoroughly efficient and dominant display and United had no answer to Barcelona’s superiority. Goals from Samuel Eto’o and Lionel Messi were enough to see the Catalan club home, as United could not convert any thing that [...]
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Andres Iniesta, Barcelona, Catalan Club, Champions League, Cristiano Ronaldo, European Cup, Lionel Messi, Manchester United, Samuel Eto’o, Sir Alex Ferguson
As soon as Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson leaked his starting-11 to the press last week, the smart money was placed on Barcelona. The Spanish giants winning the Champions League yesterday (May 27th) was about as predictable as snow in Alaska.
The so-called “greatest manager in Britain” made a brutal rookie mistake by leaving Dimitar Berbatov and [...]
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Barcelona, Carlos Tevez, Dimitar Berbatov, European Champions league, John O'Shea, Manchester United, Sir Alex Ferguson, Wayne Rooney
Manchester United fans are bringing their team’s Gladiator spirit to Rome but will they return victorious or defeated?
That’s the question on everyone’s lips as the Red Devils prepare for their historic showdown against Barcelona in the Stadio Olimpico.
One way or the other, history will be made.Barcelona have already won the Primera Liga title and the [...]
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Barcelona, Copa del Rey, Eto, Iniesta, Man United, Messi, Primera Liga, Ronaldo, Rooney, Sir Alex Ferguson, Stadio Olimpico, Thierry Henry
Alcohol is not going to be top of the agenda when Manchester United meet Barcelona in the Champions League final in Rome.
How refreshing. Perhaps football will take centre-stage rather than how many pints fans can get down their neck before kick-off.
Most people like a drink or two as part of their entertainment but alcohol has [...]
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Andres Iniesta, Barcelona, Champions League, Manchester United, Massimo Busacca, Nou Camp, Rafael, Red Devils, Ronaldo, Rooney, Sir Alex Ferguson, Thierry Henry, UEFA Cup, Wes Brown